5 That Sucked
5. Pete Garrison - The Sentinel
Just properly saying all four syllables of this movie's title out loud feels about as tiresome and as awkward to my southern trained American tongue as actually watching the movie (I keep calling it The Set'nil on accident). Try it for yourself; the word sentinel just rolls off in a weirdly longish way. If you stop to say it correctly it doesn't seem too hard, but try saying it three times fast and see where that gets you. Now with that awkward lesson in my poor grammar out of the way, let's talk about the movie. Except the problem is that my experience watching the Set-Sentinel went about the same way. It's not a bad movie as in terrible it's just not really a good movie either. I realized immediately after viewing it that if one were to stop and think about this movie's plot as long as they might to consider saying the title correctly they just might realize the plot contains as many holes as bullets fired by the characters. If you watch and question nothing, allowing the slick action sequences to keep you busy than the whole affair is rather enjoyable, if not something you'll completely forget about watching a month from now. That is what is truly wrong with it. The Sentinel is as forgettable as Michael Douglas' love affair with Kim Bassinger as the first lady (Michael Douglas character infidelity? Stop the press!), the whole experience overall just feels hollow.